Javaugues

Identity

Javaugues (INSEE 43105) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 174 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43105-javaugues

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 15,155 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 200 (2012) → 174 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 174 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 126, of which 14.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontannes): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brioude): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Brioude): 7.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Javaugues): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT DIDIER SUR DOULON weather station, 3.1 km away at 675 m; the village itself is at 523 m. ^[12]

The village sits 152 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 5 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 88 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT DIDIER SUR DOULON, 3.1 km away at 675 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43105/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43105/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43105/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43105/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43178
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43096
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43040
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43105
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024